Military Personnel Killed in Action in the Iraq War - American Military Personnel Killed in the Iraq War (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 153. Not illustrated. Chapters: American Military Personnel Killed in the Iraq War, Australian Military Personnel Killed in the Iraq War, Jacob Kovco, Michael A. Monsoor, Douglas A. Zembiec, Jason Dunham, Rafael Peralta, Alan G. Rogers, Tim Vakoc, Matt Maupin, Paul Ray Smith, Theodore S. Westhusing, Megan Mcclung, Chance Phelps, Lori Piestewa, Merlin German, Nathan Bruckenthal, Kristian Menchaca, Angelo Zawaydeh, Thomas Lowell Tucker, Maria Ines Ortiz, Lavena Johnson, Raymond Plouhar, Ramona M. Valdez, Casey Sheehan, Donald Walters, Elizabeth Jacobson, George T. Alexander, Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, Emily Perez, Patrick R. Mccaffrey, Sr., Andrew J. Olmsted, William Wood, Michelle Witmer, Leonard Cowherd. Excerpt: Jacob (Jake) Bruce Kovco (25 September 1980, Melbourne 21 April 2006, Baghdad) was a Private (PTE) in the Australian Army who died while deployed in Iraq, fatally wounded by a single shot to the head from his own Browning 9mm sidearm. PTE Kovco was the first Australian soldier to die while deployed to the Middle Eastern Area of Operations (MEAO). A military inquiry found that Kovco accidentally shot himself while mishandling his pistol, a conclusion which was disputed by his family. On 2 April 2008, a further Coronial inquest returned a similar verdict, finding that Kovco's death was "irresponsibly self-inflicted," and that when he pulled the trigger on his weapon he "disregarded the possible consequences of danger." Pte Kovco grew up in Briagolong and completed the Victoria Certificate of Education at Maffra Secondary College in 1998. Prior to enlisting in the army, Kovco worked in a knackery processing dead livestock. He was a keen mountain bike rider and also raced motorcycles. Kovco enlisted in the Australian Regular Army in March 2002 and was posted to the School of Infantry, Singleton, in May 2002. After completing...